Sunday, May 1, 2011

Tow Your Living Room!

I have joked for many years that when I am old I will ride a purple mobility scooter that is covered in rhinestones. I will also have one of those reacher sticks with a grabber hand that I will use to poke people who are in my way. This is my long term plan and I am sticking with it. With this in mind, I present the QTvan, a small RV designed to be pulled behind a mobility scooter. Now, if I were to buy one of these today, I could just pull it behind my bicycle. When I am no longer able, on the scooter it goes.

At close to $10,000 USD, I think I will have to pass on it. Although, the fact that I could make tea in this makes it very, very attractive. Not that I need to carry a mobile home behind me while I am bicycling to the grocery store, but I have been thinking about disasters, lately. Not in a doomsday way, but just in a practical way. My family lives in earthquake country and the last big one was something else (and not that big, really). I find myself wondering about how to get out of town if we need to.

The reality of our situation is that we have an Xtracycle (carries 250lbs), a cargo bike (carries 300lbs), a Burley trailer (carries 150lbs) and a knock off Bob trailer (craps out with anything over 30lbs). If civilization collapses around us tomorrow, we will be able to get out with a pretty good haul of our stuff. We have seen it in Japan and the American South that it only takes about 30 seconds to make life where you live unlivable, so thinking this way isn't that far fetched.

Still, a rolling living room could be interesting. There are options...

6 comments:

I LOVE this little trailer! But, besides being cute, it is actually rather practical for those who don't want - or can't, put down many roots. And for those that are now so unfortunately homeless due to disasters, I think these would make some of them very happy.

Portable tea makes EVERYTHING better! Trust me on this : ) I agree, that something like this would be great for a lot of homeless folks in Japan or Haiti or Missouri. Any space, even very cramped space, that you don't have to share with 100 other people is a good thing.

That is the coolest thing ever. I love it. In addition to being a neat mobile home, I'm thinking how cool that would be at camping type festivals. Hell picnic in the park, oh do you need a nap, take a lay down. But yes, this would be my type of camping.

I know! I can think of many things I would take this to. How perfect at the beach? I need to get out of the sun, but I don't want to leave... Think I'll take a nap right here in my little living room. Starts raining at the outdoor concert? I am covered. Bar is too crowded, that's OK, I have mine with me!